Creel board cleaner



Feb. 25, 1941. H. E. GREEMSMANN CREEL BOARD C HM I in' HH.'

Henry 6, BY

Feb. 25, l94l.- H. E. GRIEMSMANN 2,232,781

CHEEL BOARD CLEANER Filed June l5, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENT OR.

Patented Feb. 25, 1941 UNITED STATES 2,232,781 canal. nonno CLEANER Her-ry Ef Gemsmaer, Elmira Heights, N- Y assignor, by mesne assignments.r` to Bendix Aviation Corporation,

poration of Delaware Southl Bend, Ind, afor- Application .lune 15, 1939, Serial No. 279,293

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a creel board cleaner for spinning frames andthe like and more particularly to a mechanical cleaner of the roller typesuch as'disclosed in the copending application of Garey, Serial Number 274,203,

filed May 17, 1939.

It is an object of`v the present invention to provide a novel creel board cleaner which is simple and economical in construction and reliable in operation over long periods of use.

It is another object to provide such a device which embodies a novel operating mechanism for actuating` the cleaner from .the drive mechanism of the spinning frame. Itis another object to provide such a device in which the operating mechanism is easily installed on spinning frames without removal or alteration of theI creel boards and with a minimum interruption of the operation of the frame. It is a further object to provide such a device in which the operating mechanism is readily adaptable to any size or type of spinning frame without the necessity of special iittings or de- Slgn. y

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from'the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a spinning frame showing the installation thereon of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of such a spinning frame showing a preferred embodiment of operating means for the creel board cleaner;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of a spinning frame showing the creel board cleaner and operating mechanism therefor; m 4I.. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the reversible gear drive for the operating mechanism, partly in elevation and partly broken away; and

Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective of a cleaning device with a novel form of protective cover installed thereon.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings there is illustrated a spinning frame comprising a support I, a lower creel board 2 mounted thereon, and an upper creel board 3 supported by means of pedestals 4 a and brackets 5. Bobbins 6 are pendulously supported from the upper creel board 3 in spaced relation to the lower creel board 2, and the rovings therefrom are arranged topass through spinning and drawing roller assemblies I from 5f' which the yarn is wound on receiving bobbins 8.

` the axle il, of the cleaner.

It will be understood that there may be a plurality of superimposed creel boards and 'sets of bobbins, and an upper bobbin assembly is indi` cated in Figs. land 3Q but since such parts are a duplicationof those already described, further description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

According to the present invention, a rolling collectory 9 of dirt; lint and other deposited material' is provided for 'the purpose of maintaining the creel boardsV clean and preventing the formation of slubs or other imperfections in the yarn due to the adhesion of such material to the yarn as a result of circulation in the air by blowers or other agitatingmeans. 5

Such arolling collector 'is disclosed in the apl plication' of Garey above referred to, andthe present invention concerns lmore particularly novel actuating mechanism therefor.

'As' here shown, the'roller comprises a cylindrical memberll of any suitable heavy material having an allnity Yfor'lint and dust such as iron having a covering IE (Fig. 5)l of felt or similar material. AA groove I3 is formed centrally in the roller, andv guide rails I4? are mounted on the 25 creel board 2 running from end to end thereof and arranged to enter the groove I3 in the cleaner and guide its progress from end to end o f the creel board. l

Flexible operating means for the cleaner is provided in the form of a link 'belt or chain I5 (Figs. 2 and 3), which belt runs between the railsv 14s. The rails I4 are mounted as shown in parallel relation,"separated by a slit, and a fork member IE (Fig. 5)` fixed on ,the belt I5 is arranged to project through the slit and embrace The transmission member" I5 is preferably lformed as an endless belt,V traversing Vadjacenty creelboards, and may thus be used to operate cleaners on two superim- 40 posed creel boards as illustrated, the cleaners being arranged to travel in opposite directions on the two creel boards.

Means for causing the transmission element I5 to reverse its travel when the cleaners reach the end of the creel boards to cause the cleaners to reciprocate over the creel boards, is provided in the form of reversible gearing driven from a suitable element of the spinning mechanism.

As here illustrated, a belt or chain I8 (Fig. 3) operated from any suitable rotating part of the spinning mechanism is caused to rotate a shaft Iii on which is mounted a pulley ZI. A second pulley 22 is connected by a belt 23 to the pulley EI and drives a shaft 241 (Fig. 4). Shaft 24 carries a bevel gear 25 fixed thereon, which meshes with a pair of bevel gears 26 and 21 swiveled on a cross shaft 28. A wheel or sprocket 3U (Fig. 3) is mounted on the end of shaft 28 in position to engage the actuate the belt 5. In case a plurality of cleaners for each creel board is employed, a corresponding plurality of sprockets 30 will be provided as indicated in Fig. 2. Means for selectively keying the bevel gears 26 and 21 to shaft, 28 is provided in the form of a clutch member 29 splined to shaft 28 and movable to engage corresponding clutch elements on gears 26 and` 21 by means of a fork 3| slidably mounted ina casing 32 in which the shafts 24 and 28 are journalled.

A lever 33 is pivoted in the casing 32 and is arranged to engage and operate the fork 3| under control of a snap-action shifter here shown as a shifting element 34 pivoted at 35 to an extension of the casing 32 and actuated by a spring 36 to bring one or the other of its arms 31 or 38 into engagement with the free end 39 of lever 33. An actuating arm 4| for the shifter 34 is provided having a terminal loop 42 surrounding the belt S5. A projection 43 (Figs. 2 and 3) xed to the belt 55 is arranged to engage the actuating arm 4| when the cleaner has reached the end of the creel board whereby the shifter 34 is swung in a direction to cause actuation of the clutch member 29 to reverse the gearing and thereby cause retrograde motion of the belt. It will be understood that the projection 43 on the belt is of such dimensions as to enable it to slide between the guide rails I4.

In operation, actuation of the mechanism of the spinning frame causes the belt pulley 22 and shaft 24 to constantly rotate at low speed. This rotation is transmitted through the bevel gearing to the shaft 28 and through the sprocket 30 to the belt I5. The consequent motion of belt I causes the cleaner 9 to roll over the surface of the creel board to pick up any foreign material deposited thereon. When the cleaner reaches the end of the creel board., a projection 43 engages the actuating arm 4|, causing the gearing to be reversed, which continues until the cleaner reaches the opposite end of the creel board, whereupon a second projection 43 engages the actuating arm 4| to again cause reversal of the gearing.

From time t0 time the operator removes the material which is collected and wound up on the cleaner by raising the cleaner and sliding the collected material endwise therefrom,

In some cases it has been found desirable to pro' -in the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed is:

1.In combination with a spinning frame including upper and lower creel boards and a plurality of bobbins suspended from the upper creel board, means for maintaining the lower creel board free from deposited material including a cylinder having a felt-like covering, means including a reversible belt for rolling the cylinder from end to end of the creel board, and a shield for the roller journalled thereon having a smooth exterior surface to prevent the attachment of broken ends to the roller.

2. In a spinning frame, a creel board, bobbins pendulously suspended above the creel board, a hollow guide member mounted on the surface of the creel board, a cylinder adapted to roll on the surface of the creel board having a lint-collecting surface and a circumferential groove in its midportion, said groove being arranged to loosely embrace the guide member, a flexible traction element traversing the interior of the guide member, a fork on the traction element adapted to engage in the groove of the cylinder, and means for actuating the traction element including reversible gearing, a shift lever for the gearing and a projection on the traction element arranged to traverse the guide member and adapted to engage and actuate the lever to reverse the gearing.

3. In a spinning frame, superimposed creel boards, bobbins pendulously suspended above the creel boards, hollow guide members mounted on the surfaces of the creel boards, cylinders adapted to roll on the surfaces of the creel boards having lint-collecting surfaces and circumferential grooves in their mid-portions, said grooves being arranged to loosely embrace the guide members, a ilexible traction element traversing the interior of the guide members, forks on the traction element adapted to engage in the grooves of the cylinders, means for actuating the traction element including reversible gearing, a shift lever for the gearing provided with an opening adapted to be traversed by the traction element, and a pair Aof projections on the traction element arranged to traverse the guide members and adapted to engage and actuate the lever to reverse the gearing.

HENRY E. GRIEMSlv/IANN. 

